Governor Bredesen Signs Four Bills Into Law

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

June 06, 2008

Governor Phil Bredesen signed four bills into law Thursday including: The Tennessee Voter Confidence Act (HB 1256/SB 1363), The Competitive and Video Services Act (HB 1421/SB 1933), Restriction on Explosives (SB 3160/HB 3272), and a bill that will require mortgage loan originators to take a training course (SB 3160/HB3272).

Bredesen spoke of the potential benefit to Tennessee consumers in signing the Competitive Cable and Video Services Act.

“Any time an industry is opened up to allow for more competition, it is the consumers who get the greatest benefit. This is no exception, and it will prove beneficial to people across the state by giving them more options,” Bredesen said.

The Tennessee Voter Confidence Act requires each county to use precinct voting machines that produce a paper ballot trail. The bill requires that every voting system purchased after January 1, 2009 be systems that produce an optical scan voter-verified paper ballot.

The Explosives bill revises blasting requirements for operations within certain distances of pipelines carrying liquid petroleum or natural gas. The Mortgages bill revises and adds various provisions governing persons in the mortgage industry, including requiring applicants for a license as a mortgage lender to complete an educational training course.